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Date(s)
- [1840 - 1858] (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 bound volume handwritten
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Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Major General George Le Grand Jacob (24 April 1805-1881) was an army officer in the East India Company. At the age of fifteen he began learning languages under Dr John Borthwick Gilchrist. He became fluent in Hindi, Persian, Marathi and Sanksrit. He was… read more
Histoire archivistique
The inscriptions were recorded by Legrand Jacob.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
It is unknown how this volume came to be part of the Society's Collections. It is likely that it could have been given by Legrand Jacob.
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Portée et contenu
Copies, transcripts and translations of Indian stone and copperplate inscriptions made by George Legrand Jacob. Each inscription is labelled as to its location. These include: Edicts of Ashoka, and other inscriptions, Junagadh, Girnar Hills. Inscription… read more
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is… read more
Conditions de reproduction
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Langue des documents
- anglais
- sanskrit
- pli
Zone des sources complémentaires
Unités de description associées
The collections hold Aja'ib al Tabaqat by Muhammad Tahir b. Abul Qasim in a version translated by George Legrand Jacob. The collections also contain two books authored by Jacob. Details can be found https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=&q=Legrand+Jacob&weight_search=1.
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Note de l'archiviste
The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.